WARM SPRINGS RESERVR, OREGON

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(359046) WARM SPRINGS RESERVOIR
From Year=1927 To Year=1974
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 8 17 85 258 491 694 999 939 640 337 59 19 4546
40 S 8 25 110 368 858 1552 2551 3490 4130 4468 4527 4546 4546
45 M 1 3 29 144 344 544 844 784 492 204 16 6 3412
45 S 1 5 34 178 522 1066 1909 2694 3185 3390 3406 3412 3412
50 M 0 0 6 64 212 396 689 629 349 101 3 1 2449
50 S 0 0 6 70 282 678 1366 1996 2345 2445 2448 2449 2449
55 M 0 0 0 19 109 256 534 475 219 35 0 0 1648
55 S 0 0 0 20 129 385 919 1394 1613 1648 1648 1648 1648
60 M 0 0 0 3 44 141 380 325 113 7 0 0 1014
60 S 0 0 0 3 47 189 569 894 1007 1014 1014 1014 1014
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 4 14 78 209 343 440 602 574 439 275 53 9 3038
50 S 4 17 95 304 646 1086 1688 2262 2701 2976 3030 3038 3038
M = Monthly Data
S - Running sum of monthly data.
Growing Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the daily average temperature and the base temperature. (Daily Ave. Temp. - Base Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is above the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 95 and the low temperature was 51, the base 60 heating degree day units is ((95 + 51) / 2) - 60 = 13. This is done for each day of the month and summed.
Corn Growing Degree Day units have the limitations that the maximum daily temperatures greater than 86 F are set to 86 F and minimums less than 50 F are set to 50 F.
Table updated on Oct 31, 2012
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered

Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu